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Over two months into quarantine, some believers are starting to say, "Though I respect those who disagree, I personally am over the whole social distancing thing... I'm just going to do my own thing now." Do believers have the freedom to make a decision like that? Is it purely a of conscience? Join us on this episode to hear how the Bible addresses that mentality.

How should Christians respond to governing authorities when they think that the restrictions are unfair or even misguided? What does submission look like in situations like these? Pastor Mike gives a concise answer to those questions in today's episode of Ordinary Church.

The pastoral staff at GCO talk about Christians and Coronavirus in preparation for the upcoming Grace Bible Institute on the same topic. How should Christians respect the government? Love one another? Honor Christ? All this and more on today's episode of Ordinary Church.

Pastor Mike talks about how Christians can navigate wisely through the coronavirus crisis. How should we think about social distancing? Living with caution and care? Acting out of trust rather than fear? All this and more in this episode of Ordinary Church.

Mandatory social distancing and self-isolation has left many feeling sad, lonely, and confused. How can Christians live with joy in the midst of dark days? That's the question of the hour for today's episode.

COVID-19 has thrown the entire globe into unprecedented confusion. These are difficult days. Where can believers turn for answers in these trying times? Who has the final word on what is true? Join Connor and Mike as they sit down (in Mike’s backyard!) to talk through these questions.

What does responding to the Holy Spirit actually mean? How do we know if we are ignoring him or whether we are actually being led by him? All this with Connor and Mike on this week's Ordinary Church

Might have been uploaded a little late, but Mike and Connor talk this week about the Trinity capping an excellent sermon series Grace Church of Orange has been going through on the titular subject.

Special guest host, Connor Hass, and Pastor Mike talk about some of the most common misconceptions of the person of Christ. These are so serious that it calls into question whether the someone actually knows who Jesus is. And if we do not know who Jesus is, we do not know the Father and will not enter into the Kingdom of God.

Family worship has gotten a little forgotten over the years. A lot of us don't even know how to start. Do we read a devotional? Do we do it early in the morning? We sometimes over complicate the issue, but Mike and Winston talk about how we can reclaim a worship time with our family. Produced by Winston Weber, Edited by Sarah Bush.

We started with seven questions every Christian should be asked, but we found out we needed two more.

Ever wonder why we have expositional preaching? Ever wanted an easy answer to others as to what exactly expositional preaching is? That's today's subject on Ordinary Church!

Everyone is going to die, and everyone is going to have that moment where they are going to go to a funeral for someone they know. How exactly do you do that effectively so that you can be a light for Christ. Mike, Bryan, and Winston talk about what it means to go to a funeral for Christ. And remember, learn how to go to a funeral because if you don't go to your friends funeral, they won't go to y...

Ever wonder why we do three-fold communion? Ever wonder what three-fold communion is? Today's episode addresses just that!

Motives are the thoughts and intentions of our hearts behind the actions that we perform. Today we have a big crew to talk about motives.

Starting off the year well!

Mike surprises Winston and asks him questions about marriage and relationships.

The finale of our APEST discussion and what it means when interacting with other believers who do not agree on this issue.

Christmas can be a troubling time when having friends and family over especially when those friends and family are non believers. Pastor Mike and Winston talk today about how to be a good witness to those we love.

Last week we exposited the text of Ephesians 4:11 explaining what Paul meant as he wrote those words. This week, we look at the ways that some have taken that passage and how they have gone off into the deep end of theology without taking into consideration the whole of Scripture.

Part three of our series on APEST found in Eph. 4:11.

Mike and Winston continue in their discussion of APEST and Ephesians 4.

Ephesians 4:11 tells us that Christ gave the gift of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to the church. Mike and Winston discuss on this week's podcast the ramifications for what that means for us today and how some may be getting it wrong.

We all know we are supposed to be growing in Christ, but not all of us know how to do that. Even harder is how we know we are continuing to grow in Christ. Today's episode explains how we can know our sanctification is happening.